Public interest and state legitimation : early modern England, Japan, and China / Wenkai He.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

xiii, 308 pages ; 24 cm.

"Safeguarding public interest was vital to early modern state legitimacy in Western Europe and East Asia. Wenkai He identifies similar patterns in state-society interactions surrounding public goods provision and explores how conflicts over public interest led to calls for fundamental political change and to modern representative politics"-- Provided by publisher.

ebook version :

English

May 31, 2024

Cambridge studies in historical sociology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.